The Artésien class was a type of 64-gun ships of the line of the French Navy. A highly detailed and accurate model of Artésien, lead ship of the class, was part of the Trianon model collection and is now on display at Paris naval museum.
![]() Model of Artésien
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Class overview | |
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Name | Artésien |
Operators | ![]() |
In commission | 1771-1785 [1] |
Planned | 5 [1] |
Completed | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ship of the line |
Displacement | 1200 tonnes [2] |
Length | 52.2 m (171 ft) [2] |
Beam | 13.2 m (43 ft) [2] |
Draught | 6.4 m (21 ft) [2] |
Propulsion | Sail |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
Ships in class
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- Launched: 1765
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- Launched: 1772
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- Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 24 February 1780 and commissioned as HMS Prothee. Used as a prison ship from 1799 and broken up September 1815[3]
References
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edit- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.